#998F42#998F42

#998F42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F42
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 56.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -6.63, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 42.15, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0206 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.099 102)
XYZ	xyz(23.9435, 26.8114, 9.0671)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F42 #424C99

analogous

#996342 #998F42 #789942

triadic

#998F42 #42998F #8F4299

tetradic

#998F42 #429963 #424C99 #994278

square

#998F42 #429963 #424C99 #994278

split-complementary

#998F42 #427899 #634299

monochromatic

#433F1D #6E6730 #998F42 #BAAF5E #CCC489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#998F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#998F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F42

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F42	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af79',
    500: '#998f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f42;
$custom-light: #b9af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64254,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.26811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F42

secondary

#8086B7

accent

#66D058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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